Import/ Export Course at Southwest Tennessee Community College!

Import/Export Processes & Documentation Course at Southwest Tennessee Community College. March 10 - April 28, Tuesdays, 6 – 9 p.m. $699 per student ($650 per student for three or more from participating companies) Class is limited to 20.

This import/export course is a career game changer! Enhance your current import/export knowledge or better prepare yourself for positions in international customer service or operations agents in freight forwarding (air/ocean), breakbulk, trucking and cargo handling companies

Interactive conversations throughout this eight-week course covers real life experiences to help you gain in-depth knowledge of:

• Fundamentals of global supply chain

• Actions that a buyer/seller must take and specific benchmarks that help culminate a solid import or export relationship

• Freight forwarders’ role in ensuring shipment documents are accurate and complete

• Terms of sale (Incoterms); Terms of Trade; Terms of Payment; Methods of Payment

• Commercial invoice; packing list; certificate of origin; SLI/SED; licenses

• Dangerous goods movements and documentation; trucking/rail component

• Carnets; U.S. Fish and Wildlife/USDA; Homeland Security; TSA/(shipment screening)

• Security and compliance; booking shipments with air/ocean carriers

• Import processes; customs procedures, rules and regulations

• Classification of shipments; duty drawback; labeling and markings

• Quotas; free trade zone (FTZ); transshipments; dumping; IATA/FIATA